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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Cancer Back? Survivor Says: "Not A Death Sentence"

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Many cancer survivors say their greatest fear is that someday their cancer will return. And within days of each other, there have been two cases of well-known cancer survivors reporting reoccurrence. Elizabeth Edwards, wife of the presidential candidate, announced her cancer had returned in bones, and White House spokesman Tony Snow had surgery to remove a reoccurrence of his colon cancer. While serious, in both cases, experts from the American Cancer Society say their cancer is treatable. Jeannine Schulze was first diagnosed with breast cancer 20 years ago and then, just as Elizabeth Edwards, her cancer reoccurred in her bones. She says, while terrifying, it's not a death sentence.

"Here I am living ten years after the reoccurrence so I think that is an important message for women, to realize that you can survive."

Although there may be no reliable statistics on cancer reoccurrence survival, aggressive treatment can improve your odds significantly. And Schultze believes a positive attitude helps.

"So I'm living proof that you don't have to die with a reoccurrence."

She says every case points to the sometimes "life-saving" need for regular screenings for those who have never had cancer as well as those that have. The American Cancer Society is expected to release new recommendations on cancer screening shortly.

Today the American Cancer Society is releasing new recommendations on cancer screenings. For more information on cancer recurrence see: www.cancer.org.


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